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Israel is Deliberately Starving Palestinians of Gaza as Part of a Genocide: Amnesty
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Israel is Deliberately Starving Palestinians of Gaza as Part of a Genocide: Amnesty

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Amnesty International concluded this week that the Israeli government is using starvation as a weapon of war in Gaza, and […]

Four Ways the West can back up Palestine Recognition with Practical Pressure on Israel

Four Ways the West can back up Palestine Recognition with Practical Pressure on Israel

08/20/2025 By The Conversation

From Gaza to Trump, Some of us Saw this Coming

From Gaza to Trump, Some of us Saw this Coming

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Netanyahu & Trump, both under Investigation, Meet on phony 'Deal of the Century'

Netanyahu & Trump, both under Investigation, Meet on phony ‘Deal of the Century’

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Far right Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu will meet Monday with far right white nationalist president […]

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Protestants
American Christian Zionism: The Deep Background and the Current Situation

American Christian Zionism: The Deep Background and the Current Situation

By Shalom Goldman | (Informed Comment) | – – This season, the best-selling book in the U.S. is Michael Wolff’s Fire and Fury: Inside the […]

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Authoritarianism
The New Censorship: Beware Authoritarian leaders claiming to Fight "Fake News"

The New Censorship: Beware Authoritarian leaders claiming to Fight “Fake News”

By Courtney C. Radsch | (Project Syndicate) | – – Laws meant to curb “fake news” may be well intentioned, but their implementation has been […]

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Bashar al-Assad
Yes, Newsweek & RT, Syria's Regime uses Chemical Weapons

Yes, Newsweek & RT, Syria’s Regime uses Chemical Weapons

By Brian Whitaker | ( al-Bab.com) | – – False claims in the UN security council: Syria’s Bashar Ja’afari At a meeting [last month] of […]

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Corruption
Did an Emirates-Israel alliance Help elect Trump more than Russia?

Did an Emirates-Israel alliance Help elect Trump more than Russia?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – One of the surprises thrown up by the Gulf crisis and by the Mueller investigation is […]

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racism
Book Review: Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People about Race

Book Review: Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People about Race

By Alice Evans | ( British Politics and Policy at LSE) Book Review: Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People about Race by Reni […]

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Iran
Iran: Women Protesters against Veiling face Regime Prostitution Charges

Iran: Women Protesters against Veiling face Regime Prostitution Charges

By Golnaz Esfandiari | ( RFE/RL) The hijab became compulsory in Iran after the 1979 revolution. A small number of Iranian women, risking arrest to […]

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Inequality
The last time the US enacted Punitive Tariffs it enabled the Great Depression

The last time the US enacted Punitive Tariffs it enabled the Great Depression

By Charles Hankla | (The Conversation) | – – President Donald Trump finally appears poised to make good on his promised threats to slam the […]

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UN: War Crimes being Committed in Syria's East Ghouta

UN: War Crimes being Committed in Syria’s East Ghouta

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Reuters reports that Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, warned Syrian (and […]

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